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Comnlaint AgaInst the Sc. Paul Road.

WASHINGTON, June ia complaint waa
received by the Inter State Commission
yesterday from the Boards of Trade of Far
mington, Mortified, Faribault and Owa-
tonna, Mimi, charging the Chicago, iii
waukee & ST. Paul railroad with unjust
and unreasonable discrimination in freight
rates on wheat -four and mill.stufT5 from
these cities to points on their road in Iowa,
Wisconsin and Illinois. Tha specific COM
plant preferred is that shippers at these
points are charged eighteen cents per 100
pounds of wheat, flour and mill-stuff, while
the rate charged shippers for like serv-
ice from St Paul, Minneapolis and other
points in the State IS but IA cents per 100
roundz
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-06-17

A WOMAN in New York who sews
for tailors says it takes nearly 40, 900
stitches to put the ordinary topcoat to-
gcther. The body of the coat requires
4, $50 stitches; the collar, S,O62; sew
ing the collar on, 1,76S; the button
holes, 1920; the sleeves and lining,
$50; the pockets, 924; the silk lining of
body, with wadded interior, II, S63. and
the braiding, 2,72O. Tom Hoods Song
of the Shirt" could we'll be changed
now to the ''Song of the Coat"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-06-17

IT is estimated that about one
twentieth of the silver coin is annually
lost by abrasion, wear and casualties,
an amount in excess of the annual adj
dition by COINAGE.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-06-17

IT is a singular fact that in the
memorable battle of Gettysburg only
one resident of the town was killed.
The person was Jennie Wade, and a
monument is to be erected to her
memory.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-06-17

STATISTICS show that of the blind, less
than one-ffth are under ten years of
age, proving that blindness is not so
much misfortune of childhood as of
later wears.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-06-17

The legislative reporter of the New
Haven Morning NctOS, according to
the singular Connecticut custom, was
voted 5000 by the House. The pro-
prietors of the Ne,0s discharged him
ON his refusal to turn the money into
t. state Treasury, and then sent their
own check for 5000 to the State Treas
urcr The Treasurer has returned it,
saying that he can not receive it with
ont special vote of the Legislature.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-06-17

DENNIS KEARNEY, the sand-lot ora
tor of San Francisco, is keeping an in
telligence Office for cooks and washer
women,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-06-17

EDWARD PAYsoN WESTON, the pc
dcstrian, is now reporter in New
York. He is said to be worth thirty
thousand dollars.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-06-17

THE Government still owns thirty
nine million acres of unsurVeyed land
in Nevada.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-06-17
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Grand Lodge of odd-FeIIows.

The Grand Lodge of O1d-Fellows at its
recent session in Madison elected these
officers: Grand Master, George B. Kid
der, of Star Prairie; Deputy, I. K. Dunn,
of Eiroy; Warden, Martin Rich, of Horn,
con; Secretary, I. B. Hills, of Madison;
Treasurer David Adler, of Milwaukee;
Representatives to the Grand Lodge, John
G. Clark, of Lancaster, and Louis SLIDER,
of Milwaukee; Trustee for three years,
William Humphrey, of WATERFOWL. Re-
ports of officers showed that the order was
retrograding in membership, there being
a loss of 400 in the year 1886, including IA
deaths. The present memberships 1908,
with seventy five lodges. The SIN OF 81, :
993 was spent in aid of dependent men,
bers.
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There are only sixteen Apa hes on the
war-path.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-06-17

BALTIMORE, Nd, june 15.-Tha Balti-
more wheat market broke yesterday
Over l,345, 900 bushels were sold.
DULUTH, Mimi. June ia panic struck
the wheat market yesterday morning,
causing havoc among dealers. July opened
at 70 cents seller and August 50 cents sell
er. July closed at 7211I cents and August
at 1877 cents bid.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. June &c. A
Pillsbury Is authority for the statement
that no one here was caught by the heavy
decline In wheat in Chicago. June wheat
declined 10 cents below Mondays closing.
Millers here are generally pleased at the
collapse of the wheat corner.
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asserted their loyal devotion to the old flag
and won the good will of the Union veterans,
In addition to its organized charities, the
Grand Army acts as an information bureau
for all the interests of soldiers throughout the
broad land, and soldier in distant parts NAV
be brought into communication with former
comrades and officers whose testimony is nee
essary to his interests. The soldiers homes
of the country are, with the exception of
three national homes, controlled by state
boards, and while the Grand Army is not
officially recognized in their management.
the officers of the order act in an advisory
manner with the civil management, and ex-
ert wide influence for the protection of the
interests of the inmates
The Woman's Relief corps Is a settled
auxiliary and recognized agency of the
order. This corps originated in 1860, in Bos-
worth post, in Maine, and during the adj
of Commander in Chief Paul
Vandervoort, 1S7S-19, the movement. then
confined to Maine and Massachusetts,, was
encouraged to take a wider field In 1888
national convention met at Denver stimuli
with the national encampment of
the Grand Army. and resolution of greet
ing was passed 10y the latter body BY special
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To encourage manned soldiers, IN the hope
that they might learn useful occupation, a
prize was offered through The Soldiers
Friend for the best specimens of left handed
penmanship by veterans who Ind lost their
right arms in battle. Gc,is, Grant. Meade,
Thomas, Sherman, Admirals Furrocut and
Porter and other distinguished officers made
the awards. Two thousand dollars were ex.
pended in twenty prizes, and as a result a
great number of left armed men qualified for
clerical work.
While these plans for helping disabled vet
Grams to their feet We're before the public, the
Grand Army was organizing and each enter
prise gave impetus to the other The national
constitution of the order adopted in 1867 pro-
vides fora relief fund in every post of the
army. In the secret obligation there is SOL
emi, pledge to mutual aid and support of sol
diers' interests The work of providing means
for employment Of veterans continued for
some years, and rs the need of it grew less
each year the matter passed into the hands of
employment committees appointed by each
post. The committee acts as IA bureau, Sc
curing the situation and recommending the
applicant In large cities the order main
tains All employment Office and connected
with this is an emergency fund for the inne-
date relief of destitute soldiers Food. cl TIL
ing, rent money and burial funds are pro-
vded to deserving families of veterans. The
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Army camp fires are the social festivals where
the pleasant memories of camp life in the
field are kept alive. The camp fires are
opened on the occasion of general conventions
of the order, at the reunions of posts and also
at the reunions of separate veteran associa-
tions that accept the hospitalities of the
Grand Army. These meetings are informal
banquets where the usual order of ceremonies
is omitted and the time is spent in songs,
stories and the recital of army Incidents
Tie food is as near as possible what the COM
mon army ration was, corn beef, army bread
or sea biscuit, black coffee and beans or bean
soup. Coming late on the programme the
veterans and their civilian guests are ready
to take this coarse fare with heartiness, and
the novelty of it combined with the fun
makes the best of sauce
The colored veterans rarely ask for admis-
sion to membership in posts composed of
white men. The negroes as rule congregate
in large cities and are able to create posts of
their own and do this out of preference, en-
joying all the privileges of the order and
representation in the general assemblies. The
relief and benefit funds of the colored posts
are generously sustained by the whole order
in case of need.
The badge of this great fraternity is itself
a souvenir of the field and is destined to be-
come memento to be cherished in thousands
of American homes as a priceless heirloom.
Each Grand Army badge is made of metal
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LOYALTY.

The interest Mt the St. Louis encampment
of the Grand Army will center OH the election
CT commander in chief to succeed Com
mander Farchild The soldiers who have
held this office are: Stephen A. Hurlburt, ILL
nois; John A. Logan, Illinois, Ambrose E.
Burnside, Rhode Island; Charles II. Devens,
Massachusetts,; John F. Hartranft Pennsyl-
vania; John c. Robinson, New York; Will
liam Earnshaw, Ohio; Louis Wagner, Penn
sylvania; George s. Merrill, Massachusetts;
Paul Vandervoort, Nebraska; Robert B.
Beath, Pennsylvania; John S. Kountz, Ohio;
Samuel S. Burdette, Washington; Lucius
Fairchild, Wisconsin.
The second national encampment, held at
Philadelphia in 1867, was an important gather
ing, and determined the destiny of the order.
There were twenty-one organized state de-
partments represented in the convention,
comprising nearly all the northern states.
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ROBERT B. BEATH.

HUBERT Is. BEAId. aCueu 10 lue injury
Of the politicians The order might be
strained and brought into use, but in all
cases the membership suffered and politicians
found it al unreliable instrument. The men,
bership fell off between 1869 and 1878 to less
than $4,000. After the centennial in 1876,
interest in the order revived, and there has
been steady growth throughout the Union
until at present there are over 200 active
members OH the rolls and nearly 6,OOO posts.
The organization is democratic and repre-
sentative. The precinct body or post elects
its own officers and its delegates to the state
department The state convention elects to
the national convention, and here the general
rules of the order are formed. The sessions
of the posts, as well as the general conven-
tons, are called encampments, but the post
encampment is a secret session, while the con-
ventions are open to privileged outsiders.
The posts have discretion in most of the i'm
portant work of the order and may do any
thing not in violation of the constitution.
The posts are controlled by council of ad-
ministration elected annually
The uniform of the Grand Army varies in
different sections. Each department adopts
the shape of hat or cap to be worn and the
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United States of America based upon para
mount respect for and fidelity to the national
constitution and laws; to discountenance
whatever tends to weaken loyalty incites to
instruction, treason or rebellion. or in any
manner impails the efficiency and perma-
nency of our free Institutions; and to encour-
age the spread of universal liberty, equal
rights and justice to all men.
The order has 10 official organ. The Sol
diers' Friend was discontinued in 1872 and
The Grand Army Gazette was established,
and has been the principal national journal
devoted to the principles of the fraternity.
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CHARITY.

The pension of a private soldier when he is
completely disabled, but has not lost limb
or an organ of sight or hearing, is IS a
month, and the rate ranges as low as SO a
month, according to degree of disability.
At the close OF the war SIG was allowed for
an arm lost and S24 for a leg. So many men
unable to labor, or at least without chance
to do so, We're reduced to this pittance that
the veteran associations at once found scope
for charitable services. The disabled men
pleaded for employment and not for dona-
tions. Schemes for furnishing employment
suited to these men were numerous, but
proved to be temporary, because they were
not organized and connected. The editor of
The Soldiers Friend, Rev William GLAND
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CORPS BADGES 1.-THE SONS-THE
RITUAL.

The corps badges which are illustrated in
this article have a peculiar significance to
veterans, and are now generally worn by the
Grand Army men. These badges originated
in the war and have since been legally recog-
nized by congress. The different army CORPS
We're composed CT volunteers from various
states, and each corps would have from
thirty-six to forty-eight or more state regi-
nents. TO begin with each soldier wore fig
ures and initials to indicate his regiment but
these were frequently lost in the field, where
it was difficult to replace them, and at best
they could only be deciphered at close quar-
tiers. On field where several corps were
engaged great deal of confusion took place
because commanders could not identify their
men.
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1 &bEk NE<1
II. 18TH.
10TH.

encampment repeating the act of recognition
of the junior order which was on the minutes
Of previous encampment was accompanied
with Recommendation to the Sons of Vetel-
ans to consolidate into one body, and wishing
them God speed" The majority of the active
members when mustered believe that since
the order Of the Grand Army commentaries
civil strife it is not wise or patriotic to en-
courage the perpetuation of feelings of en-
nifty and sectional bitterness through the
youth of generations to follow. In its legis-
lation and highest official action, the Grand
Army looks upon Decoration or Memorial
Day as a Grand Army day. The article Of
the bylaws establishing it says: THE Ma
tional Encampment hereby establishes Me-
mortal Day, to be observed 10y the Grand
Army of the Republic on the 30th day of
May, annually, in commemoratiou of the
deeds of our fallen comrades"
The custom of making that day one for
general decoration Of graves, soldiers and
Others, became so general that the national
in 1877 passed resolution that
"lhe Grand Army of the Republic seeks thus
lin the observation of Memorial Day. to pre-
serve the memories of those only who fought
in defense of national unity"
The ritualistic services of the order are
seven in number, and all of them are accom-
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most Intensive
a gcncy of this
kind is the bureau
of EN- ploy ment
and emergency
fund of New York
and Kings coun-
ties. Their offices
are centrally 10
Gated in the city
hall of New York
and of Brooklyn.
The kindly offices
of the comrades
are not confined to
th cir own pre-
cincts, nor to the
order exclusively.
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CHARLES H. DEVENS.

other than bona fide members. The cannon
bronze for their manufacture is furnished in
quantities from the United States arsenals,
where condemned cannon are melted up, and
is stored under protection of a committee
from the national body of the Grand Army.
The bronze badge is the distinctive sign of
notifications of this. The badges of the diff
ferent army corps are worn by the members
on occasion of parade and ceremony in order
to aid in recognition of former comrades of
the same corps who have become strangers
since the war
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The GRAND ARMY.
Its Coming Encampment ut the
City OF st. Louis.
A HISTORY OF THE ORDER.
Inc Men Who Have Been Its
Commanders.

Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty the
Watchwords OF tho Organization-The
Badge, It's Material and Significance.
How the Grand Army Came to be Or
ganized and by Whom.
copyrighted by the American Press Association
At the time of the grand review of the Union
armies in Washington, June, 1865, there were
100000 boys in blue under arms awaiting the
declaration Of peace and the order of muster
out. There had previously been discharged
from honorable service nearly a million men.
The disarmament of the land and naval forces
took place within few months after the scene
closed in the field, and altogether the men
who had worn the blue made up nearly one
half the population subject to military duty
The return of such an element to civil life,
united by unusually strong ties and having
an influence that extended beyond its own
numbers, was an event in civil history and
one that observers of other nations noted
with keen interest. This great mass of men,
lifted up by the common voice of the people
to superior place in public esteem, accus-
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Of Veterans is composed OF sons Of veterans
and their sons, and is to be perpetuated like
the Order Of the Cincinnati. The Sons
secured the recognition of tho ma
tional encampment Of the Grand Army but
owing to strong opposition within the order
the recognition was repealed at the national
encampment ut San Francisco last year The
opposition to the Order of the Sons was based
Oh the foundation principle Of the Grand
Army-that is a fraternity Of veterans for
mutual comfort and aid, and the objects Of
the association will have been accomplished
as the members pass away, and the order
should then go out of existence. This idea is
strongly set forth in the solemn words of the
ritual service said by the open grave of
tomrade Of the order. When the appointed
ceremonies of the post are over, the chaplain
repeats an address containing the following:
1.-The march of another comrade is over, and
Lr lies down after it in the house appointed
for all the living Reminded for
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Oft obscure the road that leads to health.
Unmarked by board or sign:
Wisdom availS not, pOweress is we alth
TO Soothe those aches of thine.
But do not despair, with life there's hope.
The cloud cOncealS the sun:
With Pierce Favorite Prescription at h and
Your life'S full course may run.
More truth than poetry in these lines, as
thousands of ladies all over the land are
now blooming with health, testify to the
great curative powers of DR.. Pierce Fa-
search and careful study to the happy relief
of all those weaknesses and ailments pecu-
liar to females. All druggists.
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relations reaching to all IL impressively borne
out. The abolition of the STATE lines which
played such a part in the rivalrics OF the
service in the field followed the perfection Of
the order on national basis, which took
place in 1866, soon after the Springfield meet
ing. One of the features of the order Is the
pcrpetuation of the names of the gallant dead
by the title of the posts. Every post must
adopt the name Of some one deceased, and
this naturally falls to military celebrity Of
general or local fame. Sometimes it is a
private or brave line officer The first post
organized in New York state was the Phil
Kearney post, of New York city,and the name
adopted was that of gallant Jerseyman who
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CO m m an d e rim
chief, there We're
ov er 1900 posts
represented and a
m e m b e l. S h Up of
$4,000. With a
body of such mag
nitude coming into
e Xis t ence at a
bound there was
grave danger of in
discretion and ex-
cesses that would
dissolve the happy ;
union. With the
national bent of
Americans for pub
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feated soldier | re- WILLIAM EARNSHAW.
joice to see such a day and occasion, a union
of the blue and the gray in such cause
The cause that brings us here is worthy of
the men whose heroism in the late war
thrilled the world with establishment and adj
miration. 1t is movement by brave and
magnanimous victors to protect, shelter, and
befriend the disabled and suffering of our
honorable and valiant though vanqushed
brothers. 1t is to make practical to give
direction and scope to an impulse conceived
in the noblest minds, born of brave and gem
circus hearts, inspired by God like charity,
and which is destined to exert a power for
good on the future of this reunited country.
resistless, measureless, enduring. 1t is q
movement worth more to this coun-
try than all the resolutions of polit-
ical platforms or parties, more than all
appeals by eloquent lips for restoration
Of sectional concord and American fraternity.
for it is the northern hearts own eloquence
addressed to the southern hearts own SENSIBLE
ities." The determination of the veterans of
both sections has gone on until whole armies
have clasped hands on the fields where thew
so fiercely quarter of century ago.
The memorial services instituted by the Grand
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FRONTIER
?. CAVALRY.
ENGINEER CORPS.

this service the significance of the floral deco
ration IS brought out. After the address of
the commander, which closes with the words,
Here lies the body Of true hearted, brave
and earnest defender of the republic" COM
rade places wreath of evergreen over the
tomb as a symbol of an undying love for
comrades of the war;" Another comrade then
offers white rose, Symbol of purity"
with the prayer that future generations may
emulate the unselfish devotion of our heroes.
A third comrade places laurel leaf, symbol
of victory" and last token of affection from
comrades in arms. Other services for which
the ritual provides are the dedication bv the
Grand Army Of public statues or other me.
MORALS to the dead soldiers and the installa-
ton of post officers in the presence of non.
members of the order.
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GEORGE~ 3. MERRILL. ION regulations
and ritual revised, and general impetus
given to the movement everywhere. There
were also influences at work outside of the
order to draw the attention of veterans to
this method of securing the benefits of vast
brotherhood. In 1866, the year before the
Philadelphia encampment, there was a ma
tional convention of soldiers and sailors held
at Pittsburg for the purpose of discussing
veterans interests, particularly their rights
and privileges in relation to the national
government in the matter of land warrants,
revision of pension laws, preference for
government employments and other questions
which the great number of discharged soldiers
made pertinent at the time. This meeting
was great demonstration and brought the
soldiers together from all sections. The ex-
istence of the Grand Army, its prospects
and objects, were made known here and
the order acquired national reputation
while yet it was confined to a few districts in
the west. AS soon as the news of the success
full encampment at Philadelphia reached the
informal circles of veterans throughout the
states there was general movement into the
new organization. During the year the re-
naming northern states organized, and de-
partments were created in Virginia, North
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, California and
several territories. In the national encamp-
menr of 1863, when John A. Logan became
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Bourne, of New
York, had an ex-
tensive bureau for
agencies, both for
sale and subscrip-
ton, for his own
and other soldier
pub lie a tlons as
well. The Soldiers
Friend became an
advocate of the
Grand Army as
soon as the order
was made known to
the eastern people,
and Col. Bourne,
Gems. Cochrane and
Mexican started
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Although the posts
and departments
were growing there
was at the time lit
tie intercommuni-
cation, no cores
pond ce with
headquarters, II o
reports. That ell
campment was in
session three days
and u national or
ganization was per-
fected, the provis-